shoe

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1. Crocodile skin shoes

[edit] Etymology

From Old English scoh or sceoh, compare with Danish sko, German Schuh, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌷𐍃 (skohs).

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Singular
shoe

Plural
shoes

shoe (plural shoes)

  1. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
    Get your shoes on now, or you'll be late for school.
  2. A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
    Throw the shoe from behind the line, and try to get it to land circling (a ringer) or touching the far stake.
  3. Something resembling a shoe by function, like a brake shoe.
    Remember to turn the rotors when replacing the brake shoes, or they will wear out unevenly.

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Infinitive
to shoe

Third person singular
shoes

Simple past
shod

Past participle
shod

Present participle
shoeing

to shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past and past participle shod)

  1. To equip an object with a protection against wear.
    The billiard cue stick was shod in silver.

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Infinitive
to shoe

Third person singular
shoes

Simple past
shoed

Past participle
shoed

Present participle
shoeing

to shoe (third-person singular simple present shoes, present participle shoeing, simple past and past participle shoed)

  1. To put horseshoes on a horse.

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